An Unseen Enemy

tangible because it’s not subject to logic or reason. One of the more obvious allusion is “The ghosts soldiers”. The very title seems to suggests disembodiment, as though something were present, yet nothing at all.. O’Brien states, “We called the enemy ghosts. ¨Bad night¨ we´d say, ¨the ghosts are out.” To get spooked, into the lingo, meant not only to get scared but to get killed. “Don't get spooked,” we´d say. ¨Stay cool, stay alive¨ Or we´d say:¨Careful, man, don't give up the ghost….it…

I were not far behind(Learning Channel). I was one of the thousands of soldiers confidently sent out into no man’s land towards the Germans in an attempt to end the stalemate not knowing the horror to come (Learning Channel). As we approached the enemy wire we were met with a storm of bullets and poor Larry didn’t survive it (Learning Channel). “The ground was strewn with our dead and in all directions were wounded men crawling on their hands and knees. It was piteous and it is a dreadful…

The experience of the soldiers of the Vietnam War presents itself within the poems, “Camouflaging the Chimera” by Yusef Koumunyakaa and “A Piece of Sky without Bombs” by Lam Thi My Da. In Koumunyakaa’s poem, the author describes the experience of the American Soldiers as they travelled through the secluded jungles of Vietnam, waiting for the Vietcong to attack. The purpose of this poem is to highlight the experiences of a soldier in Vietnam, rather than just looking in from an outside…

The first hints of suspense in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is the appearance of old Hamlet’s ghost and mention of young Fortinbras. The setting opens with the guardsmen on watch late into the night, at first the audience is given no reason for this diligent attention paid at this ungodly hour, however, as the play continues and new faces appear in the play, Marcellus and Horatio beside the already posted Bernardo, an interesting development is shared unto the scholar’s disbelieving ears. The…

outfit covered her from head to toe - not something she’d usually find herself wearing, but it was a much better camouflage in the black of night. Gracie had had this day planned for a long time. Months of planning, months of scoping out the compound unseen, months of making sure her plan would be perfect. She couldn’t fail. If she failed, she would die. If she died, her mission would never be complete. Nobody else would take it on, nobody else believed they needed to go to…

it. In addition, I disagree with Barth’s insistence that only God will be able to rule over evil and the claim that “ When individual human beings, groups or enemies, claim for themselves the right and the power to rid the world of evil they become themselves agents of evil” (p.132) . However many times disruptions in the world may be unseen and unheard of therefore we have to rely on individuals and their morals. Going back to the point of acknowledging our power as humans to do what is right…

places. This informality, as well as the potential for spontaneous discussion within these spaces, are defining characteristics of working class culture and politics. The social networks created in this way would lead to collective action, previously unseen in the prewar period. This increase, Cronin explains, can be attributed to three main factors: the new role of women - now accustomed to the workforce - in acts of protest; efforts of organization were launched in community contexts rather…

Gilgamesh, the eponymous protagonist of the epic poem Gilgamesh and the king of the large ancient city of Uruk, is a military hero who completes a series of quests during the span of the book, triumphing over his enemies. Despite the fact that Gilgamesh is very cruel to his people, the epic still considers him a “hero.” His murderous, violent nature does not dissuade the epic’s author from almost revering him as a great leader. The Mesopotamian definition of a “hero” was one who excelled in and…

Hayter COMM/215 27 October 2014 Mrs. Camp The United States military has been trained to combat the nation’s enemies, foreign and domestic. Physical enemies, not a virus. Ebola is an epidemic that is still active and the largest outbreak in its history. (CDC. 2014). Death rates are above 55%, and the United States government is sending thousands of men and women to “combat” an unseen enemy. I am a Marine Corps veteran, and I disagree with the decisions being made for this country in regards to…

A video game that has arguably the biggest fanbase out of all gaming, contains the the most tragic storyline in a video game, and is still the highest requested game for international release. Mother 3 is the sequel to Mother and Mother 2 ( Known in America as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound) and unlike its predecessors, Mother 3 has been japanese exclusive ever since it first came out on April 20th, 2006. Nintendo, the company that makes all of these games, claims that the game still faces…